Drip coffeepot



' E. s'. GARD'INEB. naw corFEgloT.l APPLICATION FILED SEPT. '29. {9 21.

mmm@ 6,1922.

2 SHEETS-SHEET l- ,falen-,r

UNITED smiles PATENT "DFFIC EDWIN s. sanmartin, or' NEW oitLnANsyLoUIsIANAw TQ all, whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I. EnilvrN S. .Garmin-+En, a

' citizen of the UnitedStates', residingrv in New @found that it is desirable to*l employ securing,

Orleans7 in the parish ofQrleans and Sta-te of Louisiana., have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Drip Coffeepots, of which the following4 is a specification.'

' Thisinvention relates to coffee pots of the general kind shown in .my .United States iatent No. 1;.389299, of August y30, '1921.

That patent showsa coffee pot in which the i ground or cut coffee is contained ina holder which can be adjusted to accommodate coffee ground 'fine or coarse, or steell cut in `any usual way. A feature .of the invention shown in said patentis the construction by which the members of the holder may be taken apart, cleaned and -re-assembled... l@ne ofthe principal objects of my :present "in-.- vention is to provide devices' for morel "quickly connecting the members offthe.-

holder and more 'easily taking' them. apart.

, When the, coffee pot made entirely of china-. earthenware.- glass,l orfsimilar mate.

rial, itis important that the securing` devices employedshouldbe such that they may be made by practical processes `and they.

should also besuch that the members will or taken'v apart.

resultsareobtained, whenv'the `members are of china, yby usingr Aother devices for holding the d-rip members in place and have also vdevices which canbe more quickly operated.

A 'ccordingtomy present invention IA employ one` or more 'perforated plates in thev coffee holder, asjheretofore. andl 'support them .on a rod, but this rod-is of'novel conis formedv withnotches or teeth and the rod thus formed is rassociated with a slide whichV :in one position maybe moved freely., but4 which when givenfa partial turn may be locked on, the rod.. The arrangement is such that the slide may he Vset at the desired poslfV tion on the rod in suchmanner as to Support E the perforatedfplatewith which itis associated at the desired point, but the .plate mayvr 1 be quickly removed jfrom the y'rodwhen'de-y sired by a vquick .ino'vement :which will V.un-

the slide from.thefrodfremeveit there#l Figure 3 nnIP-corFEEPoT;

fromt-he rod. A .plurality of slides maybe associated with the rod.; so as to support a plurality ofv discs or plates.. @Other features speeiacatipn of Ire/eters;Patent.'r 'Patent-d 'Jimliggg p .Applie'lation mea september 29', 19211.4 seria1 No. 504,203. l.;

*from and allow the plate tobeg disconnected rof the i1ive1itio1rw-ill be hereinafter de# f Iscribed.. l p

'In' the accompanyingdrawings, f;

1gure'l..sh0ws'a vertical'section through .a drip-coffee pot embociyiagY my improveniente;

l Ejigure 2 is a-sideiselevation oftheplatesi-ipporting-rod with perforated platestherep, V onmassoelated with covering,` yplates and with v .f;;. L:y i 1s aperspectiveviewJofaperf folated plate `whichwhen in use vis v'madeto l `rest onthe topl'ofa-.bodyof groundtvor-cut f .COffeeg .l Figure ft isv avperspective View ofyoneof .the-cover plates; p

:slides which. support the parts;

v .Figure lhis ay perspect the perforated drip platesgn ve "view-of.' one yof Figure 6 is. a perspective. viewgofthe notched supporting` rodT-a slide anduacoiv'er pl ate.

tion, lis'provided with-afhandl'e a and,a spout a. B indicates the receptacle forfeofee' and yfor the coffee-holdingdevices. Bothjth'epot for a purpose hereinafter explained. It. is

also formed with ya, -flange or-bead b.; vwhich* rests` Von thetop of thecofee pot.k The cover` thev receptacle B v.inthe manner fishown. .Vhen the CoverA is removed water?` may. be poured intothe receptacle B Vand after `passing' through the `coffee-holdingei,devices. and.. r the coffee, .drips into the I pot struction It has a part orside which is flat, andfanother part which is-eurved and'A Aj themanner indica-ted.4

` The lcof'fee-gholding. devicesgare'alsofprefL ing devicesraresomewhat similary Lto th'efde-` `well-known-construction and restsbn topof vices shown in my rprior patent. fAshereto-y g fore, I employ perfoina-f ed plateslD 'and coverrp-lates E. n These are: similarllto ;tho`se shown inmy prior' patent. Each discfor. v:plate D isnforrned;` with groups` of-perforations. (l, of. different sizes.` In. `this .instance there areweight different groups and..two

different sizes of perforations; but ,these may be varied, Each'` group, shownrisiseetor shaped but this shape is not essential. The

is so formed that it may be made to cornpletely cover at one time four oit the groups of perforations in thedrip plate D, but may it preferred be made to cover partially eight of the groups of perforations. The plate (zh,

shown in F ig. 3, is a perforated plate, but

is not associated with a cover-plate, and is intended to be used in the manner shown in F ig. l-that is to say it rests, when `in use,

on a body of coffee X, in the upper part of the receptacle' B. As shown in Fig. l, two perforated plates D are mounted in the dripper and eachof these is associated with a cover-plate E. Generally speaking, therefore, the construction or arrangement is similar to that shown in my prior patent, but

it'has been `found thatl the winged nuts shown in my prioripatent are 'not best adapted for use when the parts` are made of china or' detached. These parts inay be thoroughly similar material. To overcome these ditliculties, l have devised vnovel means for mounting the perforated plates and cover plates and for holding them in place so that they may be removed bodily or simultaneously from the pot.' It will be' observed that the perforated plates and cover-plates are 30" placed on'a rod P. AThis rod is circular in cross-section at '7). and has a knob or bottom flange p. Above the part p the'rod is cutaway on one side longitudinally so as to provide a flat side m, which is straight, and flat from one end ai to its opposite end. The

remainder ofthe body out the vrod is curved or' vpartially cylindrical, thefcylindrical con- [tour being interrupted only by the dat side m. Near the edge of t-lie flat side .fr there is f a notch y and l may employa plurality ot such notches, as shown, and 'if'desired,

knotches on opposite sides of the `flat side m' may be employed, although in some cases a.

` single' notch issul'licient. .ln connection with the rod thus constructed l employ a slide S.

This may be variously shaped,`but preferably is of the kind shown. It is in the form of a sleeve,'which ts'ove'r the rod P, the

bore or interior ofthe sleeve bei'ngciirved to correspond with the curvature of the rod,

l`but itis also formed vwith a tooth s,`whioh ,projects inwardly and is adapted tof` move 'longitudinally on the lat side 'tot the rod 4'freely and as rapidly as maybe desired." By gi-ving 'a partial turn to the.' slide its tooth s` may be made to engage with the notch y, or"` 1 with eitherof the notches on opposite 'sides' of the `pa1" t and when so eiigagecl`-the slides Iwill;besec'urely locked fand held rinly in i place.

'shown in Fig. 1, theslide 'S' is. lso mounted 'as to hold avperforated plate' D and a cover-plate'E in "position on the rod above vvthe knob or flange 10", and it will 'be .observed i that at this time the tooths is in engagement plained.

with the notch y of the rod. lIn like inan ner another yslide S is arranged below the perforated plate D and the cover-plate E and serves to supportthe plates as shown.y When the parts are mountedas shown in `passage ot t-he boiling water through the diippei and when it is desired to clean the parts the 'cover C is removed and the 'rod with the parts carried thereby may-be withdrawn romthe holder. The plate G may be lifted oft from therod, as may also the'` upper plates D and E. The slides S may be given a partial turn, lifted from the rod and thenjthe llower plates may be quickly cleaned andreplacedin an obvious way.

Bj," employing a. construct-ion ofthe kind `herein shown and described, all parts." including the perforated plates, cover-plates, supporting-rod land slide, may be made of china or similar material.A

china or similar` material possessing the 'characteristics 'ot my invention. VShould any one desire to dispense with the perforated drip' platesand coverfplates D and' E and their supporting rod, the perforated disc G only need be used.y VThis may be madeto So far asl am* "aware, it has ynot heretofore been possible tol construct adrip-coffeel pot entirely of rest on the ledge ot the receptacle B and will serre fairly well to support the coffee and allow the liquid to "drip through it, butA experience lhas ,demonstrated thatv superior results are attained when using. a plurality of perforated'plates with their openings properly adjusted. 'When the plate Grv isk used as a drip plate, the central' hole therein obviously.l must be closed 1n some suitable wav. v

`a notch e@ By these devices the cover-plates may be adjusted and heldin yplace yagainst a rotary movement, being also held securely on the rod by theA slides,' as hereinbe'fore eX'- lit preferred,they pins may' placed on the @over plates and the notches 'formed in the 1 perforated plates asshown vin Fig. 1

'll claim as my invention :l

l.v The combinationwithafcolee p'ot,of

a collec-holder comprising a'receptacle for coffee, a supporting ',rodhayinga flat side extendinglongitudinally thereo fand formed with ,a notch near its edge. a perforated drip? plate an'd a 'slidefor holding the drip-plate he perforated plates D are provided i in place on the rod whichv is provided with a. tooth adapted tov slide freely on the flat side of the rod and to engage the notchon the rod when given a partial turn.v

2. A coffee-holder for drip-coffee `plots comprising a receptacle for coffee,4 a rod having one of-its sides flat and formed with a locking notch near its edge, a slide having a tooth adapted to ino-ve freely longitudinally of the rod when opposite the flat side thereof but to engage the notch in the rod whenl given a partial turn in combination with a perforated drip-plate held in place by said slide. i

3. A drip-coffee pot made entirely of china` comprising a lower portion to receive the drip and an upper part comprising a coffeeholder consistingof a receptacle, a perforated plate, a rod on which the plate is'supported and which is formed with aflat side and with a-not'ch near its edge, and a slide having a tooth movable freely longitudinally on said rod when opposite the? flat side but which engages the notch when given a partial turn and thereby locks the side to *theA the receptacle which' is adaptedto rest onv the body of coffee in the receptacle, but *n which is removable from the receptacleand n may be supported on, the ledge at the lower end thereof." l z 5. Thecombination `with a coffee pot, of a coffee holder, comp-rising a receptacle `for n coffee, a' supporting'rod, a` perforated drip plate thereon, a cover plate associated with the drip plate and mounted on the rodto turn about the axis thereof, and'ldevices on the cover plate yengaging devices on the perforated plate. to limit the turning 4'movementof said cover plate onthe drip` plate. y

6. They combination with fa coffee pot, of

a coffee-holdercomprising a receptaclefor coffee, asup} i ortingrod,` a perforated dripplate, carrying lugs and mounted on the rod,

and; a cover-plate mounted to Iturnon' the y .rod and associated with thel drip-plate andr` `which is formed with a notch to engager said lugs on the drip-plata(` A7. The combination-pwith"aJ vcoffee recep i being, removable from: .the receptacle, "and said support comp-risingy al" rod having -a flat -side extending longitudinally thereofgandl formed with a" notch near, one edge,` and a i slide forholdingthe drip-plate in place on the rod, which is provided with 'a tooth,v adapted to slide freely on the flat side of the when given a partial turn.`

rod and to engage the ,notch oni; the rod In testimony whereof, "I have "hereunto"4 v f i subscribedfmy name,

`tacle `ofuadrip platev anda suppori'ffpwi'th,k which it is detachably connected, said plate:

` i EDwiN s. GARDINER 

